Purpose – To develop a contingency framework that will assist in overcoming the concerns expressed about the ability to integrate and generalise findings from research studies into entrepreneurship and small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – A preliminary...

In the UK, the Department for Education and Employment has sought to improve the responsiveness of higher education to the needs of the labor market and to foster partnerships between higher education institutions and employers. This paper reports the experiences of the UK government North West...